What is WordPress Metadata

Wordpress metadata is data about data. It is the information about information. Basically posts, users, comments, plugins are all data and information. Metadata is basically information about the number of comments, posts, users which provides statistics on this information.
In other words, these are tables keeping count for the records and update history.

Metadata is data about data. In other words, it is information that is used to describe the data contained in something such as a web page, document or file. Another way to think of metadata is as a brief explanation or summary of what the data is about.

A simple example of metadata for a document might include a collection of information such as the author, file size, date of the document, and keywords to describe the document. The metadata for a music file may include artist name, album and year of release.

For computer files, the metadata may be stored within the file itself or elsewhere, such as in the case of some EPUB book files that hold the metadata in the associated ANNOT file.

WordPress metadata is information about your posts, pages, users, comments, and other items on your site. Post metadata includes information like the author, the publish date, the category and tags, and more according to the theme and its customization.

We use wordpress metadata to describe data. This is the data that is stored from most places. Example: This data can be from anywhere, it can be from any place, this data can also be from any website or it can be of any app or it can be of any object or any program.Metadata is basically information about the number of comments, posts, users which provides statistics on this information.